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"Soft Thistles Blossoms" - Sabrina Zhuang

♫ When the flowers bloom in the afternoon ♫

♫ The signs of spring are fading ♫

♫ An encounter of destiny ♫

♫ I'm not ready and prepared to be caring and gentle ♫

♫ A swan walks with its head held high ♫

♫ Its ambition is spreading far and wide ♫

♫ Over mountains and rivers, waving at the brilliant sun ♫

♫ Take the first step toward realizing one's full potential ♫

♫ Devotedly pursuing my initial aspiration ♫

♫ I'll hold onto my devotion while laughing away my worries ♫

♫ I'll keep moving forward ♫

♫ With these courts standing ♫

♫ Bring justice to people ♫

♫ Rainbows will come after storms ♫

♫ Plans and schemes are all entangled ♫

♫ If we remain committed ♫

♫ At the end of the story ♫

♫ With a great legacy left behind, who will fear ♫

♫ All the years to come ♫

[Miss Chun is a Litigator]

[Episode 17]

I've spent two decades in your Xu family.

I know everything I should know,

and for things I shouldn't know, by asking around, I can get a rough idea.

Besides, I have plenty of evidence.

Don't you dare try to slander the Xu family.

Dashan, don't believe his useless nonsense.

That handsome actor you arranged into the Xu family residence doesn't focus on acting,

but is strongly passionate about talking with your daughter.

Your dissolute daughter immediately had an affair with him.

Whose child is she carrying?

Did you think that was your little secret?

You are even trying to put that burden on Chun Dashan.

Dashan, if you want proof, I can give it to you anytime.

You are talking nonsense.

Little girl.

I know more than you think, even more than you can imagine.

Such as, how the Xu family got rich,

or who the real father of Xu is.

Did you think it would end well for you after robbing someone else's property?

You…

The body of your daughter's birth father

is probably waiting somewhere to see the sun.

- You… - Wife, don't forget

I did the cover-up for you.

But you can't cover up a fire using paper.

One incident leads to another.

Once the evidence in my hand gets out,

I'm afraid the good reputation you've worked so hard to maintain

will be shattered.

You will have a painful death!

Do as I say, or go to hell together.

- There's no third option. - You wish.

Father, you should go find Lord Kang.

You and your daughter will starve, you ignorant fool.

I suppose the Chun's family won't take in your daughter anymore.

Without them having your daughter's back, how can she inherit the property?

Fan Jian, if my assumption is right, from the moment you entered the Xu family,

you were planning on taking their money.

This was a transaction.

Only the Xu family thought the price they are paying is taking care of the Fan family,

but the price you set for yourself is making the Xu family yours.

You...

You revealed your true intentions after all these years.

I admire your patience.

Although, what kind of punishment do you think would be suitable for deception and fraud?

You don't have any proof.

Even if you did, you have to verify it.

I have one more question.

Please.

What role does Xiao Qin play in this?

Xiao Qin?

Do you want to know why I wanted to make Xiao Qin a concubine?

Because the mother of my son is Xiao Qin's elder sister Yuqin.

Do you remember?

Many years ago, just because we were close,

you found an excuse

and almost beat her to death before throwing her in a mass grave.

Little girl.

Killing a servant for no reason breaks the law.

However, it was merely one of your many evil doings.

This one would send you to prison.

But what you don't know is that Yuqin didn't die then.

She gave birth to my son and passed away.

Xiao Qin is the aunt of my son.

I feel at ease, leaving my son in her care.

And you, ever since your bastard daughter,

you can't give birth anymore.

If you admitted my son,

I would have found a proper successor for your family heritage.

As long as you listen to me,

you can still be my rightful wife, and continue your wealthy life.

And more importantly, you will have a son to care for you when you're old.

How is that?

You could have done that a lot sooner.

All right, as you can see, the matter has been solved.

Litigator Mei, please drop the charges.

We will be out of here tomorrow.

Oh right, little girl.

I assume your father will divorce Madam Xu.

From now on, we won't be a family anymore.

Old Madam. Don't worry.

When we know the truth, it would be a divorce agreement, even if we do decide to get a divorce.

Our principle is to respect everyone.

Idiot.

She cheated on your father, and you're trying to be a good person.

If I weren't a good person, why would I be tricked by you?

You dragged my father and me into this, and now you want to leave freely? It's not as easy as you think.

I called you here to be witnesses.

What do you mean dragged in?

Witnesses?

Did he call you here to be a witness?

I suppose he promised you a lot of money. Otherwise, how can he trick you?

Fan Jian.

Saying those filthy stories in front of us, what was that for?

Just to get witnesses.

You wanted us here because you wanted to use us to threaten Old Madam.

This way, even if you drive her mad, she can hire someone to kill you, but she can't kill us.

That was a good plan.

But you emptied this place with your money.

Without any witnesses, I didn't hear anything.

Litigator Mei, what about you?

Litigator Mei.

I will give you 2,000 taels more.

3,000 taels.

Some money might threaten your life.

10,000 taels.

I think that would make the Laishui government office be on my side.

10,000 taels. That's a lot of money.

Who are you?

Do you think you can bring some stranger and scare me down?

You're just a captain.

Don't overestimate your title.

All right. Litigator Mei,

go get the Magistrate here to back me up.

Just say that I want to reconcile with Old Madam Xu, but the Chun's family is bullying me with their title.

All right.

Someone doesn't want to be my witness, but there are plenty who want to.

You've wasted my time.

Fan Jian, getting the Magistrate here, aren't you afraid I might expose what you said before?

The death of Xu's birth father,

being the suer but not trying to save him means a hundred floggings.

On top of that, you hid the truth without trying to save him, that's extra.

Fine.

- If you tell on me, I'll expose them. - You…

The Xu family murdered someone and beat a servant for no reason.

Wouldn't that be a larger crime?

The Xu family needs to accept the consequences.

But you know so much about the law.

Knowingly breaking the law will raise your punishment.

In this dynasty, no suer, no adjudication.

The relatives of that person have disappeared.

It was bad, so what?

Who would sue me? This toy boy?

There is no suer, but it's possible to picket.

What a joke.

Where are you going to find an official to expose and accuse me?

Fan Jian.

don't be mean at this point.

The Inspection team of the Highest Judiciary is still here.

Are you trying to make me lose my job?

My Lord, I have no such intention.

The Chun's family is bullying me.

I wanted to reconcile with my wife.

How does that involve anyone else?

But Chun Dashan is obsessed with the money of the Xu family.

So they found this toy boy somewhere trying to use a military title to suppress me.

My Lord, you need to give me justice.

Do I look like a toy boy?

Lord… Lord Kang.

I didn't know you were here. I should have tried to welcome you.

Please… Please forgive me, Lord Kang.

I'm glad you didn't.

If you did, where else would I enjoy this show?

- Chun Tumi, listen up. - I'm here.

The corruption of Laishui government office,

the involvement of this man in Madam Xu's birth father's murder, and the Xu family hurting a servant for no reason.

I need you to investigate these cases on behalf of the Prison Inspector.

In three days, the officials from Luoyang will come and take over this case.

- Then you will do the Inspection with me. - Understood?

Yes, My Lord.

I will try my best to not wrong anyone while putting down all the bad guys.

[Laishui Government Office]

Tumi, it's decided then.

We will leave the rest to the law.

The law will give everyone the result they deserve.

Their being in prison saves the trouble of arresting them.

Thank you, Lord Kang.

There's no need for that.

When Captain Chun came to me, I thought you were in trouble.

But you've shown me how corrupt this Laishui government office is.

I will count on you to sort things out.

This is the first time I'm dealing with such complicated cases.

Thanks to Lord Kang's help.

Tumi, I've always wondered

who you learned your legal knowledge from.

What? Is there anything wrong?

Of course not. I just admire your teacher for doing such a great job.

I still remember how much progress you have made since I first met you.

I learned from the best in the world.

Brother Ye, I was just thinking about you.

I have something to tell you.

Lord Kang wants me to sort out all the cases in Laishui.

This is my first time working on a case alone.

It's a huge responsibility.

But I feel more confident compared to before.

Congratulations.

Brother Ye, are you okay?

I wanted to celebrate with you.

But I have to go.

Right.

You told me before.

Is there anything I can do?

There's no need.

Will you get hurt?

I won't. I promise.

Once it's done, I'll come to you.

Brother Ye, you should meet me in Luoyang.

Luoyang?

I should be done with the Laishui cases soon.

Our next stop would be Luoyang.

I heard it's a big city, but I'm not familiar with it.

But I know there is a Royal Clay Workshop on the busiest street.

When you come to visit, we can meet there.

Sure.

Remember, no matter where you are, I will find you.

[Laishui Government Office]

- Miss. - Guo'er.

- Lord Kang. - My Lord.

Thank you.

You sorted out the Laishui cases in such a short amount of time

and passed them on to the Luoyang officials.

I'm impressed.

Thanks to the prestige of Lord Kang, everything went very well.

You can work on your prestige from now on.

So that if Lord Han and I are not with you, you can still do well.

Lord Kang, you're flattering me.

You deserve it.

Tumi, when you were working on the cases, I did something too.

What?

I've explained to the Minister of the Ministry of War

how the Chun family has made great contributions to the Inspection.

So they are discussing when to remove your military household registration.

Thank you, Lord Kang.

There's no need for that. You deserve it.

It was part of the deal.

Tumi helps me with the Inspection, and this is her payment.

I thought this was so difficult to achieve,

but now it's done so easily.

How was this easy?

During the Inspection, you stood before the people again and again to uphold justice.

You were willing to make the military governor of You State your enemy for the sake of it.

It wasn't easy, not for once.

You studied the law, and you want to bring justice to people,

but Litigator Mei and Magistrate Shan abused the power bestowed on them by the law,

manipulated the people, and twisted facts.

You exposed their crimes and got them punished, which is a great accomplishment alone.

You uphold the law, and the law won't fail you.

Lord Kang, the Chun family

will continue to serve the imperial court.

You don't have to be punctilious.

I will see you at the guesthouse.

Yes.

Father, Tumi, let's go home and get ready.

- Miss, let's go. - Sure.

Jin Yi.

Your wound is almost healed.

Young Master, you look terrible.

I'm fine. It'll be over soon.

Get some more rest. I'll leave in a bit.

Young Master, are you confident about the inkstone mission?

Despite the result of the mission,

once it's over, I will get you out of Ink Dance Pavilion.

Why? Do you not need me anymore?

No.

It's just, a lot has happened

and it made me understand that we should live for ourselves.

As your comrade, I've seen the outside world. It's a big world.

And I want you to see for yourself.

Then what do you plan to do after getting the inkstone?

To get Xiao Li and leave.

What's wrong?

Young Master, at this point, I have to tell you the truth.

A'Yili was captured by Han Wuwei.

- I'm not cold. - I'm not worried about that.

I just don't want you to be sick and become a burden.

Be careful.

Watch out.

Han Wuwei!

The arrow was poisoned.

Han Wuwei!

Leave, My Lord.

Take him and leave.

Hurry.

Your palm is sweating.

Stop, Han Wuwei, you need to rest.

No, it's getting dark.

We need to get to the city.

Let's go.

Han Wuwei, are you okay?

Han Wuwei?

Watch out.

Mother.

Mother.

Mother.

Mother, don't go.

Mother.

You let me take advantage of you.

Don't blame me when you wake up.

Don't worry. I won't leave.

I'll be here for you.

Lord Han, has His Highness returned?

He hasn't. I thought you were protecting him. What happened?

We ran into assassins, so we asked His Highness to leave.

We agreed to meet at the resort.

Lord Han Feng died to cover for His Highness, and now His Highness is missing.

Go find him.

His Highness is with someone important.

Making a scene might put them in danger.

Gather the hidden guards here, have them change into normal clothes, and search in secret around the city.

Yes.

- Enjoy. - Okay.

I was transferred to Demao Zhechong Garrison at the same level.

The barracks are right outside Luoyang city. So I won't be going into the city with you.

Dashan, you should work hard in the new position.

Don't fail Lord Kang and his kindness to us.

I will, Father.

With the military household registration gone, I have the title of a military officer.

This is different from before.

I used to train for only two days in ten. But now I have to stay there constantly.

Besides, Luoyang is far from Bian State.

I'm afraid I can only go back to visit during the holidays.

That wouldn't be a problem.

If you can't come to Bian State, Tumi and I will go to Luoyang and visit you.

It doesn't have to be so hard. I have an idea.

What does our resourceful girl think?

Father was transferred to Luoyang, and would probably stay there for a while.

A round trip between Bian State and Luoyang is quite a toss, and we won't see each other much.

How about we all move to Luoyang?

Tumi, don't forget your grandfather has a job in the Bian State government office.

That wouldn't be a problem.

I'm old anyway, so the job doesn't matter.

It's just…

the price of things in Luoyang, compared to that in Bian State, is much more expensive.

I'm afraid we won't afford a house there.

Grandfather, we have a house in Bian State.

If we are moving, we can sell it.

Well…

Father, what do you think?

It's fine by me.

It's decided then.

When we arrive in Luoyang, Guo'er and I will go look for a place.

I will find a place you're both happy with.

- Sure. - Great.

How are you feeling now?

It's fine. Just a small injury.

A small injury? Do you know how much blood you lost yesterday?

I'm not that fragile.

Who changed my clothes?

I did. It was an emergency. I had to treat your wound.

Don't worry. I can keep a secret.

I won't tell anyone that you are out of shape.

You did something way embarrassing.

I'm out of shape?

Your eyes…

Take it easy.

What did I do that was embarrassing?

It's nothing.

You just called me your mother, and wouldn't let me leave.

Nonsense. That's impossible.

It totally happened.

Am I seeing it correctly?

You're blushing.

Young Master, you're awake.

Yes.

That's good to know.

Have some porridge and then you can take the medicine.

Thank you.

Where are we?

This is the north of the Luo river.

Sorry for bothering you.

Don't mention it.

We couldn't just stand there and watch.

I have the medicine you asked for.

Great. Let's go grind it.

Let's go.

Lord… Wuwei.

I was kidding when I said it was embarrassing.

I know how much you miss your mother. I get it.

Although I've never met mine.

I miss her a lot.

What are you doing? You can't get up for now.

We can't stay here for long.

Why?

Don't you know those assassins yesterday?

Apart from Ye Cha, Daylight Ghosts are the best assassins of Ink Dance Pavilion.

I'm afraid they are on their way.

Your life is in danger. I need to get you somewhere.

Where?

Miss, there are so many people. It's busier than You State.

I thought You State was prosperous, but Luoyang is something more.

Once we're settled, I will accompany you to have fun.

Our most important mission in Luoyang is to find a house.

We'll be living here, so there will be plenty of time to have fun.

Guo'er, do me a favor and find where a Royal Clay Workshop in Luoyang is.

What? Are you getting supplies?

We've brought so many with us.

I just need to go there.

I mean, Royal Clay Workshop has skincare products for royals.

Now that we're in Luoyang, we should check it out.

Fine.

Han Wuwei, you bastard.

You're repaying your life savior with this?

I never should have saved you.

Han Wuwei, you bastard.

It's been two days. How are you still angry?

You're one to talk. You knocked me out and brought me here, with no human around.

Am I not a human?

You only deliver meals, and then you're gone.

I'm doing this for your safety.

If I stay here for too long, someone will get suspicious.

Then thank you for delivering my meals in person.

All right. Don't get grumpy.

Rub your neck with this and you'll feel better.

These are all your favorites.

How did you know that?

I've spent enough time with you to notice what you like to eat.

I didn't expect you to pay attention.

Have some more. Then we can talk about something.

We can talk now.

All right.

Please answer my questions honestly.

I don't care what relationship you have with Ink Dance Pavilion,

but Han Feng was with me since I was young, so I must avenge him.

It's a nice place.

Miss, good eyes.

But the price…

Miss Chun, Lord Kang has asked me to help you select a place, so I won't trick you or tell you an inflated price.

You're from Bian State, so you are not familiar with the Luoyang market.

250 taels for this location is a reasonable price.

You can ask around in private.

If it's not the lowest price, you can pop out my eyeballs and step on them.

Of course, I believe you.

But purchasing a house is a big decision.

Can you wait for a few days until my grandfather gets here from Bian State and I can talk with him?

The owner is in a rush.

I see the house has been renovated recently and is well taken care of.

This family must love this house.

Selling it would be the last thing they want, right?

The owner is a scholar, and his wife is from a fallen powerful family.

Their son has become an official in a different city, so they want to move.

Otherwise, they won't be selling.

Can you talk to them for me?

We are a family of education.

My grandfather is a kind person who takes great care of things.

If we live here, we will take good care of this place.

It's better than selling to someone who will trash it.

Try to explain it like that, and perhaps they'll say yes.

You're good at this.

I think it might work.

Let me talk to the owner.

Although, try to make a quick call.

The owner is eager to see his son.

I will.

- My Lord. - Any luck?

Yes. Han Wuwei is back in his manor.

But he was alone.

Han Wuwei wouldn't leave her.

Watch his house closely and check everyone who goes in or out.

Make no exceptions or you'll lose your head.

Yes.

You came back so late.

I had to be careful not to be seen.

What's our topic for tonight?

How about we talk about the important members of the Ink Dance Pavilion?

No, before I answer your question, I have something more important to do.

What's more important than Ink Dance Pavilion?

Your treatments.

My treatments?

I have a physician in my manor. Don't worry.

How can ordinary physicians compare with me?

I'm telling you, your injury is bad.

The reason you can walk now is that I put needles in three of your main acupoints.

But the needles can only work for so long.

I know you have a good tolerance, but you should be suffering by now.

It's a little painful, but it's not as bad as you're saying.

Keep lying to yourself.

Forget about it.

What are you doing?

What's your problem? Aren't you in pain?

Could it be that you keep your distance of women?

What a joke!

I'm famous in two capitals for being a playboy.

You think I would be worried about that?

So Lord Han is a playboy.

Stop!

You're shameless.

You were never like this before. You changed.

All right, I won't mess with you.

Sit down.

You've made a big deal out of this assassination, and it bought us some time.

But as you can see now, taking the initiative is better than staying here and waiting.

There is no sign of Ink Dance Pavilion, and you can't trap me here forever.

So even if I told you everything about Ink Dance Pavilion, what would you do?

It takes time to flush out the snake.

I've only heard of someone always being a thief,

but I've never heard of anyone always guarding against a thief.

I have a way that can lure them out.

What way?

You can make a rumor about you being so in love with a girl from a secret organization,

that you're taking her to Chang'an and marrying her.

What?

I know a lot of secrets of Ink Dance Pavilion.

If they heard this rumor, they wouldn't risk letting you marry me and will come to stop it.

No.

I am sacrificing my reputation here.

If you didn't startle them, I wouldn't have to do this.

Whatever you say, I don't agree with this.

Miss, it's late. Are you still up?

Guo'er, did you hear someone blowing a leaf?

I did. It was you.

Perhaps I misheard.

Miss, don't overwork yourself. Go to bed.

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"Spring Light" - Shuang Sheng

♫ Wind chimes jingling in the middle of the night ♫

♫ You're the roots for the blooming flowers ♫

♫ Like yesterday's twilight, geese have already embarked on their journey ♫

♫ When you're by my side ♫

♫ A sweet feeling of ever-growing longing is hard to hide ♫

♫ I see you without looking at you ♫

♫ Spring makes me hope for more romantic moments ♫

♫ Flowers are still blooming and dreams haven't ended ♫

♫ Our love can't be contained as we wander the world together ♫

♫ We'll be together through fate's many twists ♫

♫ Wherever you go, it's endless Spring for me ♫

♫ We'll continue the journey over mountains and rivers, into the setting sun ♫

♫ Our love can't be contained as we wander the world together ♫

♫ We'll be together through fate's many twists ♫

♫ Wherever you go, it's endless Spring for me ♫

♫ We'll continue the journey over mountains and rivers, into the setting sun ♫